Will Grayson(x2), an oddly compelling work.

Will Grayson, Will Grayson. I first heard of this book through Youtube. The book was written by John Green, one of the vlogbrothers, a channel I follow relatively faithfully. The channel features John and Hank Green posting videos addressed to each other concerning their lives, current events, and current events that affect lives. There is very little swearing on their nerdy and intellectual channel - they keep the show clean, informative, and entertaining. However, when I finally delved into Will Grayson, Will Grayson, my assumptions and expectations were chopped, diced, and pureed in a blender. The result was a compelling and enjoyable, but some unexpected content issues cause me to be cautionary in recommending this book.

The story follows two teen-aged boys in Illinois, who happen to share the same name. Each chapter alternates between the two Wills' perspectives. The theme of the book is tolerance, love, and freedom. While I am not against any of the previous values, I am free to disagree with how certain actions are labeled as falling under such terms. In short, this book contains a heavy dose of homosexual relationship tension. Not what I was expecting, but I duly completed the book in four hours. I am obsessive when it comes to stories, I am addicted to the journey that leads to the end. The first Will Grayson mentioned lives in Evanston, and has a best friend who is both homosexual and huge, named Tiny Cooper. (Odd) Will Grayson is not interested in Tiny as a soul-mate, their friendship comes from their habit of being together since childhood.
The other Will Grayson, well, frankly, I don't like him. It is not that he is a homosexual - he is a rude, mentally unstable, dirty mouthed young man. I don't care to read someone else's online conversations, and that is how the even numbered chapters read. (even)Will is an apathetic, suicidal mess whose only friend, Issac, was met online. Issac asks in an online chat to meet (even) Will in downtown Chicago. However, when (even) Will arrives at the arranged place, Issac is nowhere to be seen. Through a freak occurrence, (odd) Will happens to stumble upon even Will and they exchange life stories. (odd) Will sets up (even) Will with Tiny, and Tiny becomes (even) Will's new Issac. Meanwhile, (even) Will learns to not shell himself up to keep from being insulted and burned by his fears.
The climax of the story revolves around Tiny Cooper's play about love, tolerance, and truth. The moral is that the three ideals are interrelated and accountable to one another.

Sorry, John Green, this was a great story told with humor, but I prefer not to have my eyes violated by excessive profanity. I am all for you encouraging your viewers to make the world a better place, but your book did not raise my eyes to that ideal.